Opposite effects of environmental variability and species richness on temporal turnover of species in a complex habitat mosaic

Species are continuously lost and added to a local community. Dynamics of this process in a complex habitat mosaic (multiple habitats in a landscape), particularly of its rates (species turnover) are of primary concern for biodiversity conservation. Various studies suggest that species traits such as habitat specialization should affect species turnover. In communities where habitat specialization is a function of abiotic constraints, habitat …